A homer by Frank Howard with a man on base climaxed a four-run outburst in the fifth inning and enabled the Senators to defeat the Indians, 5-4. Aurelio Rodriguez homered for the Nats' initial run in the second. Jim French walked in the fifth and, after two outs, the Senators broke loose. Ed Stroud doubled to score French and Del Unser singled to plate Stroud before Howard wrapped things up with his homer. Graig Nettles hit a two-run homer for the Indians. [The Sporting News]
Washington Senators 5, Cleveland Indians 4

Game Played on Monday, August 31, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  1  -   4 13  1
Senators     0  1  0    0  4  0    0  0  x  -   5  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Stroud cf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .281
  Bradford ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .204      Unser rf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .252
Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .273        Reichardt ph,rf     1   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Pinson rf             5   1   3   2     0   0   .289      Howard lf             3   1   1   2     1   0   .292
Fosse c               5   0   2   0     0   0   .311        Comer lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Sims 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     0   3   .244
  Hinton ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .339      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .242
Nettles 3b            3   1   2   2     0   0   .233      Brinkman ss           3   0   1   0     1   1   .273
  Brown ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .275      French c              2   1   0   0     1   1   .207
Leon 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Cullen 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Heidemann ss          4   0   1   0     0   1   .214      Cox p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .109
  Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
Dunning p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .115
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fuller ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .188
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Camilli ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  13   4     1   4             Totals               27   5   6   5     3   9

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  7,379
Left on Base: Indians 9, Senators 4
DP: Indians 1, Senators 2
Errors: Foster
Doubles: Fosse (17), Pinson (23), Leon (18), Fuller (2), Bradford (8), Stroud (11)
Home Runs: Nettles (21), Rodriguez (18), Howard (38)
Stolen Bases: Uhlaender (3), Rodriguez (13)
Caught Stealing: Brinkman (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Cox (7)
GIDP: Leon (8), Nettles (11), French (4)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (8,by Knowles), Epstein (8,by Dunning), Knowles (1,by Mingori)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(3-8)          5     5   5   5   2   4   2  22   5.14
Lasher                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   4.16
Mingori                 1     0   0   0   0   3   0   4   5.19
Chance                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.39
Totals                  8     6   5   5   3   9   2  33

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox W(8-10)             6     9   2   2   1   2   1  26   4.53
Knowles SV(26)          3     4   2   2   0   2   0  14   2.10
Totals                  9    13   4   4   1   4   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Dunning (4), Mingori (1), Knowles (4)
Wild Pitches: Knowles (2)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Russ Goetz


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender flied out to center; Foster walked;
Pinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Fosse doubled
[Foster to third]; Sims popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Stroud grounded out (shortstop to first); Unser
grounded out (second to first); Howard popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles singled to left; Leon grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Nettles out at second];
Heidemann singled to right; Dunning grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Rodriguez homered; Brinkman
singled to third; Brinkman was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop to first to second); French struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender flied out to center; Foster grounded out
(third to first); Pinson singled to center; Fosse grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Cullen flied out to right; Cox grounded out
(second to first); Stroud flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Sims singled to right; Nettles grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Sims out at second];
Leon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Unser flied out to left; Howard walked; Epstein
was hit by a pitch [Howard to second]; Rodriguez popped to first
in foul territory; Brinkman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Senators 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann grounded out (third to first); Dunning
grounded out (pitcher to first); Uhlaender singled to first;
Uhlaender stole second; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 0, Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: French walked; Cullen popped to second; Cox out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [French to second]; Stroud
doubled to left [French scored, Stroud to third (error by
Foster)]; Unser singled to right [Stroud scored]; Howard homered
[Unser scored]; Epstein struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Senators 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson doubled to left; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sims grounded out (second to first)
[Pinson to third]; Nettles homered [Pinson scored]; Leon doubled
to right; Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Senators 5.

SENATORS 6TH: LASHER REPLACED DUNNING (PITCHING); Rodriguez
struck out; Brinkman walked; French grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Brinkman out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Senators 5.

INDIANS 7TH: KNOWLES REPLACED COX (PITCHING); FULLER BATTED FOR
LASHER; Fuller doubled to left; Knowles threw a wild pitch
[Fuller to third]; Uhlaender struck out; Foster was hit by a
pitch; Pinson forced Foster (second to shortstop) [Fuller
scored]; Fosse singled to left [Pinson to second]; HINTON BATTED
FOR SIMS; Hinton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Senators 5.

SENATORS 7TH: HINTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MINGORI
REPLACED FULLER (PITCHING); Cullen struck out; Knowles was hit
by a pitch; Stroud struck out; REICHARDT BATTED FOR UNSER;
Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Senators
5.

INDIANS 8TH: REICHARDT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BROWN BATTED
FOR NETTLES; Brown lined to third; Leon flied out to right;
Heidemann struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Senators
5.

SENATORS 8TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CAMILLI
REPLACED MINGORI (PLAYING SS); CHANCE REPLACED HEIDEMANN
(PITCHING); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein
struck out; Rodriguez singled to left; Rodriguez stole second;
Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Senators 5.

INDIANS 9TH: COMER REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING LF); Camilli flied
out to center; BRADFORD BATTED FOR UHLAENDER; Bradford doubled
to left; Foster grounded out (second to first) [Bradford to
third]; Pinson singled to right [Bradford scored]; Fosse flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Senators 5.
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